ajkocu

Checking the crop!

A few times a week this helicopter heads north just off shore of Lake Michigan and returns 5 or 10 minutes later. Canon R7 with RF100-400 f/5.6-8 lens at 400mm uncropped. 

Walking around with the R7 and RF100-400 5.6-8.0. 

4 hours ago, Mark Keefer said:

Here is a blast from the past. How it used to be. LINK

That was funny! I do remember having to get flash bulbs but I don't think I had a camera that used a flash cube. The Kodak that I had in high school took roll film of some sort, maybe about 1.5" square. I still have some of the negatives. 

Little itty bitty chains!

Canon RF100-400 f/5.6-8 test subject

Eclipses I've known in the past!

2021 with EF100-400 over Lake Michigan and

2017 with EF700-200

I had a completely wrong approach this time! But I'll be ready for the next one! Let's see, 2044 so I'll only be 20 years older!🙄

I wandered over to the East Quad of Loyola University to get the crowd and eclipse but of course the camera compensated for the darkening sun! It's a normal bright sunny day!

EF15mm fisheye. Still thinking about that 14mm rectilinear lens......

Not as unsuitable as a 15mm fisheye! Looks like any normal, sunny day at 2:00pm!

Understood! You'll get real close up shots of critters and bugs! Okay. 

1 minute ago, Bill Neubaum said:

I have the EF 100 too, and got the RF because of the 1.4 X magnification ratio, wondering if it was worth it, time will tell!

It should give you the same coverage unless you got the 1.4X extender to use with it. 

On 4/3/2024 at 8:43 PM, Mark Keefer said:

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Canon 5D MK IV

 

There are ways of getting the shutter actuation count on Canons, Mark. I watched a YouTube video of someone shuttering his Canon 7D to death! The shutter lasted about as long as Canon's prediction for that camera. 

1 hour ago, Bill Neubaum said:

Nice stuff, ajkocu, I really like the R7, and since I got it, some of the other RF lenses I've gotten are the 35, 1.8 macro, the 100-400 that I really like, and the 100,2.8 macro that I haven't used much yet.

I've used the EF100mm IS macro with the EF to RF adapter and it works great on the R7.

Meanwhile, about 5 miles up the Lake Michigan shoreline.......R7 with 50mm f/1.8. A walk in the park after fasting bloodwork at the hospital followed by a skillet breakfast at a nearby restaurant. Preliminary results show that I can cheat a little bit more with pastries! At least that's my interpretation!

On 4/4/2024 at 12:04 AM, Bill Neubaum said:

Took a recent bus trip to Washington DC, using my R7 and RF-S 18-150 for a walk-around.  The 29-240mm equiv is a nice range, and easy to carry.

 

I have that same combination, Bill, and that seems to be a decent lens. I just got the RF 50mm f/1.8 and am posting photos with that lens. Likewise it is good.